Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Barns For Jason: The C.O.G. 40 Edition

Barns For Jason #1
Many years ago my friend Jason Boucher challenged me to a photo contest. The rules were simple. The image had to be of a barn in a rural setting which you saw on a bicycle ride. No barns could be used twice. 

Who would post the most barns? Well, location has a lot to do with who gets images, and it soon became apparent Iowa was going to outpace Minnesota in this competition. Therefore, Jason capitulated to me early on, but I continued to post up barns even though there no longer was any competition involved. 

I love barns anyway. So for myself, it is a way to continue to look for barns and to post them here. Barns also are a relic of days gone by, with most of these structures having no purpose on many farms now. While "working barns" still exist, most are moldering away and disappearing due to lack of purpose. My intentions, therefore, are to preserve these barns in images here, in a way making them timeless and recorded for those who may care in the future. 

So, with all of this in mind, here is a "photo-dump" of all the barns I saw on the C.O.G. 100 which I was able to get a good image of to show here. I hope you enjoy these. 

Barns For Jason #2

Barns For Jason #3

Barns For Jason #4

Barns For Jason #5

Barns For Jason #6

Barns For Jason #7

Barns For Jason #8

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